Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3017, Thomas Doolittle, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Doolittle, Thomas.
R. 3017
CONTENTS
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Office of the Secretary of State.
I, JESSE A. GOVE. Deputy Secretary of State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Jonathan J. Munton is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Carroll duly commissioned and qualified, and duly authorized by the Laws of said State to administer oaths, take the acknowledgment of Deeds, &c. His commission was dated on the 27 th day of June 1851, and will expire on the 27 th day of June 1856!—
Given under my hand and the Seal of the State, this twentieth day of January 1852;
Jesse A. Gove
Deputy Secretary of State.

Power of Attorney — Revolutionary pension claim. Know all men by these Presents that I Betsy Abbot of Manchester in the County of Carroll and State of New Hampshire do hereby constitute and appoint Owens & Hart of Washington City D.C. my true and lawful Agents and attorneys to prosecute the Claim of Thomas Boollille for a pension or In lieu of Pension that may be due; and I do hereby authorize my said agents to examine all the papers and documents of every description in relation to said Claim that may be on file in the Department at Washington City or elsewhere; to file any additional evidence or arguments that can be obtained; and to receive the certificate which may issue for said Claim, which certificate I wish made payable to myself; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might do were I personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that

My said attorneys and agents shall lawfully do in the premises:-
Witness my hand and seal this Ninth day of January A.D. 1852 Signed & sealed in presence of Stephen Snow } Jon s Moulton } Betsy Abbott
State of New Hampshire County: of Carroll On this Ninth day of January A.D., 1852 Personally appeared before me, a Justice of the peace within & for the county & state aforesaid Betsy Abbott and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her free act and deed for the purposes therein expressed.
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand the day and year above written.
Jon s Moulton } Justice of the Peace

Claim of Thomas Doolittle Oct. 7th Jan. 1833; State of New Hampshire
Concord County ss. Be it known that on this Ninth day of January A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty two before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Betsy Abbott a resident of Manchester in said County and made oath in due form of law that She is a Daughter of Thomas Doolittle who was a revolutionary Soldier. That he has been informed that a pension ought to have been allowed him. That she is directly interest- ed as a claimant in said pension and makes this Affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence and arguments as my said Agents use in prosecuting said Claim; —
Stephen Snow
Witness
Betsy Abbott
I Jon d Moulton, Subscribed and duly sworn to the day and year aforesaid, before me, Jon d Moulton a justice of the peace, and I do hereby certify that Betsy Abbott who has executed the foregoing af- =fidavit before me is a respectable resident of this County and is, I believe, directly interested in said Claim as therein set forth; —
Jon d Moulton, Jus of the Peace

Thomas Saülille

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
State of New-Hampshire, } ss. At a Court of Probate held at County of Strafford } Sandwich in said County -
On this twelfth day of September 1832, personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Court of Probate , now sitting, at Sandwich Thomas Little a resident of Mantelborough in the County of Strafford and State of N. H. aged 68 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein
stated - In April In 1780 he left East Hampton in the State of Connecticut and went to Tofford in said State in charge of a baggage waggon in the Service of the United States, and from said Hartford went to Providence in the State of Rhode Island and tarried there a short time, then went to said Hartford again with the waggon which he drove and from said Hartford he went to Fishkill New York, from there went to West point and joined the main Army under General Charles Arnold and tarried there until General Benedict the a short time during all this time he was under the command of Sergeant Major General Brock & Captain Sturtevant and from this place he went again to Fishkill where was discharged the last of November 1780 about one hundred miles from his  home that in May 1781 he started from Providence in the State of Rhode Island and drove a baggage waggon through said Hartford to White Plains and joined the American Army under General Washington and tarried there some time then crossed the Harle river and went to Philadelphia Baltimore & Annapolis and from there to York Town where he arrived the night before the battle and during that night he with one other person hauled thirty two cannon pieces of Cannon about one fourth of a mile, while the Cannon Balls were flying about his head and was dismissed from service in the month of November 1781 He was and served in all one year or over

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Thomas Doolittle
Sworn to and subscribed, the day & year aforesaid
We, David Smith residing in Moultonborough and Jonathan Cook residing in Moultonborough hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Thomas Doolittle, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 68 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid in court David Smith Jonathan Cook
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court certifies, that it appears to them that David Smith who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in the said Moultonborough and that Jonathan Cook who has also signed the same is a resident in the said Moultonborough and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Daniel C. Atkinson Judge of Probate I, James Bartlett Reg of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Thomas Doolittle for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 12 th day of September
James Bartlett Reg

18 H.
No 13. 1854.
Thomas Rootlitt
Rejected
Voter Letter 18 Apr 1833
J. D. Lymby Sandwich New Hampshire
18 th Feb. 1833.

BRIEF in the case of Thomas Doolittle of Shafford County in the State of New Hampshire (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 68 years. 
4. State of service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1780 From Apr. to Nov. 1780. Wagoner. Forage Master General Barclay Capt. Strong .   1781. From May to Nov. 1781. dito. under Genl. Washington .   days he "served in all 1 year or over"  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? York Town.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? East Hampton Connecticut. 
 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence. 
 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Yes - The declarations of several pieces of paper, not united as directed - 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
R. F. Pheasant Examining Clerk.

No. 3017
Act of July 14, 1902, and March 3, 1903.  REJECTED
Thomas Doolittle
P. O. CH
Service: Revolutionary
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18 REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____

Sir.
Washington, Jan'y 28 th 1852
We herewith enclose authority to examine the papers in the cases of Thomas Dootlittle, Catharine and Samuel Salton, and John Leavitt.
Very respectfully Evans F. Hanks
J. E. Heath Esq. Caret of Persian.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Thomas Rootlitt which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes. II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes. III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes. V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? etc. VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes. VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes. VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes. IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes. X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes.

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
No. Clergyman, but two citizens
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
also.
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
also.
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? also.
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
also.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
† QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
☞ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.